Combination drawers and supporter



March 10, 1970 E. o. SCHEERER 3,499,443

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ATTORNEY United States Patent 3,499,443 COMBINATION DRAWERS ANDSUPPORTER Ernest 0. Scheerer, 777 Vaughn Ave., Toms River, NJ. 08753Filed Apr. 8, 1968, Ser. No. 719,308 Int. Cl. A61f /40 US. Cl. 128159 3Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE In combination with a pair of mensdrawers, a supporter or suspensary including a bag-like memberadjustably attached to and suspended from what may be termed the frontwall of the drawers, that is, the front portion which extends verticallybetween the waist band and the horizontal level of the crotch. Theattaching and adjusting means consists of snap buttons partly on thesupporter and partly on the said front wall, whereby the supporter maybe selectively attached in any of a plurality of relatively lower orhigher positions to suit the wearers convenience. Thus the supporterfunctions without the need of an elastic waist band such as is necessaryas part of the common type of separate supporter and which is generallyuncomfortable to wear and likely to cause skin irritation.

Referring briefly to the accompanying drawing;

FIG. 1 is a front elevational view, with parts broken away of acombination drawers and supporter embodying features of the invention.

FIG. 2 is a partly diagrammatic view taken on the line 22 of FIG. 1,showing the drawers in phantom and the supporter in full lines.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of the supporter per se.

Referring in detail to the drawing, the numeral designates a pair ofmens drawers which may be of the shorts type illustrated, or of the longtype, not shown. The legs of the drawers are shown at 11' and the frontwall, above the legs, is shown at 12. The supporter 13 per se, includesa receptacle-like bag 14 preferably made f a net-like material having adegree of elasticity and other characteristics of such material. The bag14 is shaped, deformed or cut away in its front wall 25, to provide theequivalent of a depression or notch 15 in the upper edge thereof.

Wing-like bands 16 and 17 are secured along top edges 18, 19respectively, of the front wall 25 of the bag on either side of thenotch 15. A strip 20 of substantially less width (or height, in thedrawing) than the wings 16, 17, bridges the two opposed relativelyvertical edges 21 of the wings above the notch 15, whence there is aforward passage through the front of the supporter defined by the notch15, the edges 21 and the strip 20.

The wings 16, 17 are shown extending both upward and outward in oppositedirections as well as tapering toward their outer extremities; thelatter are provided with female snap buttons 22. From positions near theopposite ends of the rear wall 26 of the bag 14, upwardly extending andoutwardly diverging straps or tapes 23 3,499,443 Patented Mar. 10, 1970ICC are provided, and they also have snap buttons, 24, at their outerextremities.

On both sides of the crotch of the drawers the front wall thereof isprovided with rows of vertically spaced male snap buttons 27. Thesupporter is attached to the drawers by engaging the snaps 24 in onepair of horizontally opposed snaps 27 and engaging the snaps 22 inanother such pair, preferably a lower one. Obviously the supporter as awhole may be lowered from the position thereof shown in FIG. 1, or itmay be vertically elongated by, for example, engagin the snaps 22 in thenext lower pair of snaps 27 while retaining the snaps 24 in engagementwith the top pair 27. Of course the male and female snaps may beinterchanged, if desired.

Thus the supporter may be detached for separate laundering thereof,while, once it is attached in a position suitable to the wearer, it maybe left attached so that upon dressing the next time the supporter goeson together with the drawers. In the case of the common type of separatesupporter, putting it on or taking it off is a separate and additionaloperation to the putting on or taking off of the drawers.

Any or all of the parts of the supporter may be made of elastic ornon-elastic material, as a matter of choice.

What is claimed is as follows:

1. In combination, a pair of mens drawers, a supporter including abag-like member having a front wall and a rear wall, the bag havingsubstantially intermediate the width of said front wall a notch in theupper edge thereof, two wing-like bands extending upward and inlaterally opposite directions from the portions of said upper edge onboth sides of said notch, a strip bridging the upper edges of said bandsand spaced above said notch, said rear wall of the bag having two tapesextending upward and laterally outward from the upper edge thereof, thesupporter being suspended behind the front wall of the drawers with saidnotch positioned adjacent the crotch of the drawers, and adjustablemeans partly on the ends of said bands and tapes and partly on saidfront wall of the drawers for releasably suspending the supporter fromsaid front wall of the drawers.

2. A combination according to claim 1, said adjustable means comprisinga plurality of two-part snap buttons, said front wall of the drawershaving laterally spaced rows of vertically spaced halves of said snapbuttons attached thereto, said bands and said tapes having complementaryhalves of said snap buttons attached to the ends thereof.

3. A combination according to claim 2, said bag being made of a net-likematerial.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS ADELE M. EAGER, Primary ExaminerUS. Cl. X.R. 128--161

